Current Therapy in Colon and Rectal Surgery

• Management of fecal incontinenceRectal strictureManagement of fecal impactionAbdominal approaches to rectal prolapseManagement of solitary rectal ulcerRectocele managementRectal foreign bodiesManagement of sacral and retrorectal tumorsManagement of rectal villous tumorsEvaluation of rectal cancer: assessment of operative risk strategyCancer of the rectum: neoadjuvant therapyCancer of the rectum: operative managementRectal cancer: local and transanal treatmentRectal cancer: local recurrence, resection, surgery and follow-upManagement of perineal herniaSECTION III THE COLONPreoperative preparation and risk assessment of the patient for colon and rectal surgeryMedical treatment of ulcerative colitis and other colitidesChronic ulcerative colitis: surgical optionsManagement of acute toxic colitis and megacolonPelvic pouch anastomotic complications and managementPouchitis and functional complications of the pelvic pouchThe continent ileostomy: evolution, construction and management of complicationsUnhealed perineal woundMedical treatment of Crohn’s diseaseManagement of Crohn’s colitisPerianal Crohn’s disease: managementCecal ulcerPseudomembranous colitisCytomegalovirus ileocolitis and Kaposi’s sarcoma in AIDSDiagnosis and management of acute colonic diverticulitisDiverticulitis and fistula: surgical treatment and complicationsLower gastrointestinal bleedingLarge bowel obstructionVolvulus of the colonPseudo-obstruction (Ogilvie’s syndrome)Management of the malignant polypTreatment of colorectal adenomas: screening, follow-up and surveillanceMolecular genetics of colorectal cancerPolyposis syndromesDesmoid tumorsHereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancerCancer of the appendix and pseudomyxoma peritonei managementSurgical management of cancer of the colonChemotherapy and adjuvant therapies for metastatic colon cancerManagement of colorectal liver metastasisResection of colorectal pulmonary metastasesManagement of non-epithelial colonic and rectal tumors, and gastrointestinal stromal tumorsManagement of colonic ischemiaManagement and Treatment of Colon and Rectal TraumaEndometriosis of the colon and rectumPneumatosis cystoides intestinalisConstipationSECTION IV SMALL INTESTINESmall bowel obstructionMedical management of short bowel syndromeIndications and management of intestinal transplantCrohn’s disease of the duodenum, stomach, and esophagusManagement of small bowel Crohn’s diseaseSmall bowel neoplasmsCarcinoid tumors of the large and small bowelEnterocutaneous fistula: small and large bowelAcute and chronic mesenteric ischemia of small intestineRadiation enteritis and proctocolitisSECTION V COMPLICATIONS (AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS)Colorectal surgery in the high-risk patientReoperative pelvic surgeryNutritional support in colorectal surgeryPrevention and management of sepsisManagement of anastomotic leakComplications of colonoscopyThe management of hemorrhage during pelvic surgeryUrologic complications of colorectal surgeryPrevention and treatment of complications of laparoscopic intestinal surgeryPrevention and management of stoma complicationsStoma and wound considerations: nursing managementOutcomes analysis and measurement of quality of lifeCPT coding in colorectal surgeryEnhanced recovery pathways after colorectal surgeryManaging complex ventral hernia during colorectal surgery

"The comprehensive nature of the book is impressive and the update long overdue. There are some gems, like the chapter on allotransplantation of the bowel, which usually only receives a paragraph or two in other books." -Shauna Lorenzo-Rivero, AB, MD (University of Tennessee College of Medicine - Chattanooga) for Doody’s Review Service